FOREIGN STATUTES. 



FALKLAND ISLANDS. 



OKDINANCE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 



[By bis excellency Thorrihs Kerr, goveruor.] 



No. 4, 1881. 



AN ORDINANCE to provide for the EstablisliineTit of a Close Time in the 8cnl Fishery 

 of the Falkhmd Islauds and their Dependencies, and the Seas adjacent thereto. 



Whereas tlie seal fishery of these isLinds, which was at one time a 

 source of profit and advantage to tlie colonists, has been exhaitsted by 

 indiscriminate and wasteful fishing-, and it is desirable to revive and 

 protect this industry by the establishment of a close time, during- which 

 it shall be unlawful to kill or capture seals within the limits of this 

 colony and its dependencies: 



Be it therefore enacted by the governor of the FalJcland Islands and their 

 dependencies, with the advice and consent of the legislative council thereof, 

 as follows: 



1. No person shall kill or capture, or attempt to kill or capture, any 

 seal Avithin the limits of this colony and its dependen- ^.j.,^^ ^.^^ ^^^, ^^^^ 

 cies, between the days hereinafter mentioned (which fishery, and penalties 

 interval is hereinafter referred to as the close season) ; ^"^ breach. 



that is to say, between the first day of October and the first day of April 

 following, both inclusive; and any person acting in contravention of 

 this section shall forfeit any seals killed or captured by him and shall 

 in addition thereto incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, 

 and a further i)ena]ty of five pounds in respect of every seal so killed 

 or captured. 



2. Any owner or master or other person in charge of any ship or 

 vessel who shall permit such ship or vessel to be em- 

 ployed in killing or capturing seals, or who shall per- and'nS.r/sb™ 

 mit any ])erson belonging to such shij) or vessel to be 



employed in killing or capturing as aforesaid, during the close season, 

 shall forfeit any seals so killed or captured and in addition thereto shall 

 be liable to a penalty not exceeding three hundred pounds for each 

 offence. 



3. Every ofteuce under this ordinance may be prosecuted and every 

 penalty under this ordinance may be recovered before 



the police magistrate or any two justices of the peace ofencel.^''"*'°° °* 

 in a summary manner, or by action in the sni)reme 

 court of this colony, together with full costs of suit: Provided, That 

 the penalty imposed by the police magistrate or two justices shall not 

 exceed one hundred pounds, exclusive of costs, 



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